FSCEHG - HiGloss Saturn Cutaway/Electro SRP: £979.00

Model Overview

One of the original Faith shapes that launched the brand at the beginning of this century, this Saturn is a square-shouldered dreadnought design.

Based upon the traditional early 20th century designs, the Saturn is like an old friend: you know exactly what to expect, and it always delivers just as you would want.

Faith HiGloss series are designed to offer both visual and aural beauty. Using high grade Englemann Spruce for the top and highly-figured Rosewood for the back and sides, HiGloss models feature solid Flamed Maple binding and Macassan Ebony for the fingerboard, bridge, headplate and heelcap.

Tonally, this combination of wood is generally bright and 'zingy', delivering great clarity. Visualising this as a frequency curve, it would be shaped like a smile: high on the bass, dipping down through the middle and rising once again at the top end, lending itself to fingerstyle and solo pieces in particular.

Specification

Top Wood

Solid Engelmann Spruce

Back Wood

Solid Rosewood

Side Wood

Solid Rosewood

Binding

Solid Flamed Maple

Bracing Material

Quarter-Sawn Spruce

Bracing Pattern

Patrick James Eggle X-Brace Design

Rosette

5mm Abalone with Fibre Border

Neck

Mahogany

Neck Finish

Satin

Neck Joint

Patrick James Eggle Bolt-On Design

Fingerboard

Macassan Figured Ebony

Fingerboard Radius

16"

Fingerboard Inlays

Mother of Pearl 'F' at 12th Fret

Machine Head

Grover Rotomatic Gold

Trussrod

2 Way

Nut / Saddle

TUSQ (PQ-6116)/(PQ-9110)

Nut Width

43mm / String Spacing 55mm

Bridge

Macassan Figured Ebony

Bridge Pins

Macassan Figured Ebony with Abalone Dots

Finish Type

High Gloss Top, Back and Sides

Preamp / Pickup

Fishman INK3 Preamp with undersaddle pickup

Hardcase

Included

Dimensions

Upper bout

290mm

Lower bout

392mm

Depth at neck

105mm

Depth at base

120mm

Body Length

505mm

Soundhole Diameter

100mm

Scale Length

650mm

Fingerboard Radius

16 inch

UserReviews

99.4%

of owners would recommend their Faith Guitar to a friend or family member **

** Based on 1111 online registrations.

"Loved the sound and feel when I first played the Saturn 5 years ago. Very pleased to finally own one! The finish is excellent, as is the sound and playability. Looking forward to gigging with this guitar."

Jim United Kingdom on 17/05/2018

"Excellent guitar! Great sound, beautiful craftsmanship, and great playability. Very pleased so far. "

Ryan United States of America on 23/12/2017

"Fantastic instrument. My Taylor 510 is now gathering dust. Stunned by this guitars quality and voice."

David Ireland on 01/09/2017

"It's amazing! The timbre is so vibrant and colourful. Satin neck makes it super smooth to play. It was my first proper guitar to buy after I finished with my starter guitar and I do not regret it one bit! I will never part with this guitar. It looks beautiful with the solid rosewood and abalone and the velvet green lined hardcase is a bonus. Just bought a blood moon Venus to add to my growing faith collection. My favourite guitar brand by far! "

Enya Ireland on 07/01/2015

"It's amazing! The timbre is so vibrant and colourful. Satin neck makes it super smooth to play. It was my first proper guitar to buy after I finished with my starter guitar and I do not regret it one bit! I will never part with this guitar. It looks beautiful with the solid rosewood and abalone and the velvet green lined hardcase is a bonus. Just bought a blood moon Venus to add to my growing faith collection. My favourite guitar brand by far! "

Enya Ireland on 07/01/2015

"Excellent guitar, well made and good value"

David United Kingdom on 30/06/2017

"Brilliant guitar, it sounds even better the harder you play it"

Mark Norway on

"Only got it today but was impressed in Shop.
(difficult choice the Venus was excellent also)
Realy nice tone and action"

Kenneth United Kingdom on 25/02/2017

"Amazing, plays like an absolute dream."

Andy United Kingdom on 17/12/2016

"A truly beautiful guitar with tremendous tone. Fits and plays like a guitar 3 times the cost (and I did try a few before I bought this!). Ordered unseen but when arrived it was spectacular with the most wonderful marking within the redwood. They say each is unique and this proves it. Will be difficult to better."

Nick United Kingdom on 14/11/2016

"I have just found THE guitar! Absolutely blown away by the design, craftsmanship, quality and playability. And the sound right out of the very nice case is more than I had hoped for: rich, articulate, and beautifully balanced. The figured rosewood back and sides are simply stunning! The included Kyser Lifeguard Humidifier is a lovely and thoughtful touch. Seriously impressive all round."

Chris United Kingdom on 07/11/2016

"Love this guitar. Tried back to back Martin,Taylor and others but this just drew me in. This is going to be a keeper for life I feel. Just makes you want to play it. First rate fit and finish. Thank you Faith, it's a stunner "

Peter United Kingdom on 02/10/2016

"The Saturn HiGloss is a thing of beauty.
It is great to finally find an extensive range of guitars for left handed players."

"Love the full sound, play a Yamaha APX at the moment, the Saturn is much louder. Beautiful looking guitar and nice to play."

John United Kingdom on 27/04/2016

"Great look and sweet sound love it...."

David United Kingdom on 07-04-2016

"I bought my first Faith a couple of years ago and have never looked back. I always intended to get high end instruments and have a few other makes but I simply cant get past Faith Guitars. I now have 3 (this is number 2 of 3) and I haven't finished yet!"

George United Kingdom on 18/03/2015

"Plays well, sounds great, looks good and I love the equality of volume and tone across the fretboard range. Electro side seems to fairly accurately reproduce the acoustic side but have not fully tested in a llive performance."

Richard United Kingdom on 20/03/2016

"Love it! My Saturn Looks beautiful and is a pleasure to play. Also my little girl loves that I have a guitar with the same name as her. Thanks Faith"

Chris United Kingdom on 29/2/2016

"Excellent"

ZIZZO France on 13/06/2012

"My third Faith. Didn't intend to buy a guitar, just try a few but after trying this I had to buy it. Only faults - fret edges are a bit sharp, and fret position markers are too small. "

Richard United Kingdom on 04/02/2016

"Excellent quality with great sound"

Nick United Kingdom on 11/12/2015

"Appears to be a very nice guitar. The Rosewood looks amazing and she feels nice to play. Normally play a Martin or a Gibson acoustic, but for the price this guitar is sweet."

Faith United Kingdom on 12/11/2015

"nice guitar with open and wide sound"

herman Netherlands on 03/11/2015

"I have been pleasantly surprised with its playability and quality of its sound. It is well made and it also looks good. Chose it over a big-name American guitar - 500 dearer which I had originally thought of purchasing as I generally buy top-of-the-range electric guitars - Gibson-Fender etc. "

Steve United Kingdom on 21.10.15

"This is the best guitar I have ever played. I went in to buy a Taylor but was offered a Faith to try. No comparison and 250pounds cheaper. I love my faith "

Steve United Kingdom on 03/01/2013

"I am a freshman on playing guitar , It is very lucky to have a faith guitar as my first guitar , I love it ."

Feng United Kingdom on 29/07/2015

"(Series 2) Awesome sounding guitar. Surpasses my needs as an average guitarist. Love the diamond inlays and the feel of the neck. Loved the action also. I took a couple shims out from the bridge to suit me. Doesn't seem to have the ebony fingerboard as stated in the catalogue though. "

christopher United Kingdom on

"Fantastic sound, responds better the harder you play it."

Mark Norway on 16/09/2008

"Superb !!!"

Tony United Kingdom on 17/10/2014

"un sure at this stage have only just got it and most of my playing as been on a Ibanez 12 string I got 30 years ago"

Brent New Zealand on 24/12/2013

"It's a great guitar, i love playing on it."

ROB Netherlands on 21/12/2013

"great playability great sound great build great preamp all round very lovely :)"

dan United Kingdom on 19/11/2013

"Completely stunning. Took a big risk buying a guitar without having held or played it first - but have been overjoyed with the product. Plays, feels and sounds better than some guitars I've seen at double the price. I couldn't be happier!"

Matthew United Kingdom on 03/10/2013

"I think it is brilliant "

Christopher United Kingdom on 13/09/2013

"Beautiful build quality, fantastic to play. Better for finger picking than strumming but I am not complaining. Great guitar"

Chris United Kingdom on 10/09/2013

"Fantastic player. Love the neck, the feel of the guitar is fantastic. I find the saddle too low when the neck is adjusted the way I like it but still usable."

Keith Ireland on 03/09/2013

"Can't be beaten for the price. I love the style and finish of this guitar. Sounds bright and resonant, I played many different high end brands and kept coming back to this. Action was a little high for factory set up, my only complaint. "

Richard Australia on 24/08/2013

"Excellent. I really love it. "

Paul United Kingdom on 18/08/2013

"Just lovely"

David United Kingdom on 15/08/2013

"Sweetest sounding guitar around. I've tried many more expensive guitars in the past 6 months but fell in love with the harmonics and tone of this model."

Pete United Kingdom on 15/08/2013

"So far, so good! Nice feel, rich warm tones. Big sound unplugged! "

Lawrence United Kingdom on 14/08/2013

"Absolutely brilliant guitar. It has a full rich tone and is beautifully finished. Much better than overpriced "name " guitars from USA in similar price bracket."

Richard United Kingdom on 07/06/2013

"It's my first all new guitar. I like the sound of it. I tried a lot of different guitars but this one was the one to buy."

"I only bought it today but it looks good feels good and sounds good. And as the Guitar gets older I hope the sound gets even better. A little Faith goes a long way."

David Germany on 28/11/2012

"I have had many hrs of pleasure from this guitar, although I have one problem. A split appeared a year after I purchased it and I took it to Barnes and Mullin, they where very helpful but as it was a few days out of warranty they couldn't help. Sad!"

Steve United Kingdom on 18/10/2012

"I purchaced my first Saturn nearly 10 years ago and sold it 4 years ago when I went to live on a Narrow Boat for a couple of years, I have never missed a Guitars so much in all my guitar playing years (50ish), This year I aquired my second one, happy"

Ken United Kingdom on 09/10/2012

"It's a great sounding guitar, good looking and great to play and it's nice that faith can give us left handed players a good choice of guitars. "

keith United Kingdom on 24/09/2012

"superb sound . creates envy."

terrence United Kingdom on 24/09/2012

"First really good guitar 0 so far I think it''s great; r.eally nice pure tone, and I find it a much better Guitar to play than my old one."

Chris United Kingdom on 02/08/2012

"I really like the clear sound of the guitar.
There is only something fibrating against the nut on the A string and the g String. I gave it therefore a 6, otherwise it would be a 9."

Pablo Germany on 14/07/2012

"Its early days yet but initial feelings are that it will be a good asset to me."

David United Kingdom on 29/06/2012

"I love it, it's got a lovely tone and right fills the room when I play. It's a joy to play and never lets me down, I busk often and play many gigs and it's never failed me."

Joshua United Kingdom on 29/05/2012

"good!!...nice guitar.."

JEREMY Taiwan on 25/05/2012

"Warm punchy tone, beautifully finished, sings like a bird. Sounds clean and accurate through a PA or amp. Comes with an excellent case too. A truly unique guitar; everything I want from an electro-acoustic. Love it!"

Ben United Kingdom on 14/05/2012

"Looks good"

Brian United Kingdom on 01/04/2012

"Superb. I am complimented everywhere I play on the tone of the guitar and it really fits my fingerstyle of playing."

Alex United Kingdom on 01/04/2012

"Very good price,quality. The wood already starts to become yellow and alive. Very good for fingerpicking, less good for strum. The sound is very thick and classy."

Henk Netherlands on 30/03/2012

"Great sound and so easy to play. Sounds amazing both with acoustically and with the Shadow pickup system!"